I've regularly eyed off some of their bikes, but they seem to have a tendency to sell out of the popular ones (or most sizes of), and then not restock/replace them. Falco, Ares, Zeus, Vice, SSXC, Vantage... the list goes on.

Surely it would make sense to reorder your popular models from the manufacturer and keep turning them over? Maybe I'm missing something...

I beleive their comptative pricing may come from buying specified lots of builds rather than continually restocking at lesser order rates.

Also i beleive the falcos are being phased out ny their disc equipped models.

Same goes for parts. And when they get to a lower stock level they seem to aggressively sell the remaining stock at what i would guess a little over cost to free up warehouse room . I always keep an eye out for their tire runouts and stock up acordingly at the time.

What the hec is going on with Reid'sSaturday I happen to ride past Reid Cycles in Cheltenham ( on my Reid Osprey Elite ) on a ride into Melbourne and the store was all closed up and empty ?I can only remember it was like yesterday when i wondered in when they were setting up the store. And a couple of months ago i happened to go in to purchase couple of tires and Handle bar grips and now the joint has closed ?

Well if they keep the original Nth Melbourne store i wouldn't be to upset as that is where i purchased my bike a few of years ago. Between you and me I have ridden mine a gazillion ks and was only serviced the once. Use the thing daily and if i told you the price I got it for, well it was on special anyway, For the money it has been just a great bike.

Reid Cycles was established in 2009 with a strong commitment to providing Australia with the best value bikes. We’ve had stores in each major capital city, however, recently have gone through a restructure and have sadly had to close most of our stores. The tough retail market and the rising costs of running physical stores has made it difficult for us to stay true to our original vision. Moving forward we will operate in Melbourne, Adelaide and predominantly online shipping all over Australia. This will allow us to continue to provide Australia with high quality bikes, great value and excellent customer service.

Reid was established to make bike riding affordable for everyday riders and that’s what drives us every day. With over 300,000 people already riding Reid bikes across the globe we are excited to move forward with our original vision of quality, service and above all great value.

4 1 3 0 wrote:Yes i only noticed yesterday that Cell were now dealing in Merida as was looking into Road bikes.

Not sure what's happening there. I went in store at Stanmore to pick up a new Pro-Lite wheelset and found out my mate who was their main product designer responsible for their successes like the Brusnwick disc braked CX bike and the Awaba 29er HT has moved on. He's keeping his plans close to his chest at the moment, but is apparently "working on something".

Looks like i will be continuing my business with Reid cycle through the North Melbourne store then with closer of the Cheltenham store.Got my original bike at North Melbourne anyway and bee great service there in the past.

In the last 4 months innerwest Sydney has lost King Cycles Street Newtown, Reid and now Cell...... market conditions clearly pretty tough going in Sydney at the moment. All of those shops have been high volume, large floorspace stores in the past.

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